On 24 October 2001, at its resumed substantive session of 2001, the Economic and Social Council adopted resolution 2001/48 on the establishment of the Committee of Permanent Representatives as an intersessional subsidiary body of the Commission on Human Settlements, in which it:
ESTABLECIMIENTO DEL COMITÉ DE REPRESENTANTES PERMANENTES COMO ÓRGANO SUBSIDIARIO ENTRE PERÍODOS DE SESIONES DE LA COMISIÓN DE ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS